Jumbled Paragraphs (Bank) Questions : 6 to 10
A. Nobody likes to practise it, no matter how
Practice Set - 1 easy and how beneficial it is.
B. An ounce of patience is worth, or at times
Directions : Rearrange the following five sentence even better than, a pound of brains.
A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper sequence to form a C. Patience, a virtue, is considered to be even
meaningful paragraph; the answer the questions better than wisdom.
given belowthem. D. This is the worst drawback in us, in our
Questions : 1 to 5 national character.
A. "What is waste of my tax money”, I E. Every one of us agrees with this fast in
thought, walking past the people having principle, without reservation.
free Californian Chardonna y. F. But, unfortunately, when it comes to
B. “Speak to her”, he said, “She's into books”. practising patience, there is a problem.
C. The friend who had brought me there
noticed my noticing her. 6. Which of the following should be the FIRST
D. In late 2003, I was still paying taxes in statement after rearrangement?
America, so it horrified me that the US (a) A (b) B
Consulate was hosting a “Gallo drinking (c) C (d) D (e) E
appreciation event”.
E. Behind them, a pianist was playing old 7. Which of the following should be the
film tunes, and a slim short woman was SECOND statement after rearrangement?
dancing around him. (a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E
1. Which of the following would be the Fourth
sentence ?
8. Which of the following should be the THIRD
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E statement after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
2. Which of the following would be the First (c) C (d) D (e) E
sentence ?
(a) A (b) B 9. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
(c) C (d) D (e) E statement after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
3. Which of the following would be the Fifth
(c) C (d) D (e) E
(Last) sentence ?
(a) A (b) B
10. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
(c) C (d) D (e) E
(LAST) statement after rearrangement?
4. Which of the following would be the Second (a) A (b) B
sentence ? (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E
5. Which of the following would be the Third
sentence ?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E
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COMPREHENSION
Questions : 11 to 15 14. Which of the following should be the FIRST
A. Ironically the same parents who are sentence after rearrangement?
considered to be ignorant are thought to (a) A (b) B
be very enlightened in choosing private (c) C (d) D (e) E
schools over state-run ones.
B. This is all the more reason why we should 15. Which of the following should be the
include them during the planning and FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
implementation of the system. (a) E (b) D
C. This is apparent at every stage from policy (c) C (d) B (e) A
making to implementation as critical
decisions are made without the Questions : 16 to 20
participation of the stakeholders, an A. He immediately acknowledged Mohan's
attitude that can only be described as good work and invited him to his home for
either arrogance or indifference. dinner.
D. In reality, every parent decides which B. One day a wealthy merchant sent his son's
school is a good one, based on his/her bicycle to the shop for repair.
own set of values, percenptions and C. The next day the merchant came to claim
aspirations. the bicycle and noticed that it was shiny.
E. The root cause of most of the ills that D. After repairing the bicycle, Mohan cleaned
plague our education system is the it up and made it look new.
enormous distance that separates the E. Once upon a time, there was a boy named
power centres within the system and the Mohan who worked as an apprentice in a
schools where the action takes place. bicycle shop.
F. It is often said in defense of such an F. Other apprentices in the shop laughed at
approach that poor parents are too Mohan for doing unnecessary work.
ignorant to be partners in a meaningful
dialogue. 16. Which of the following should be the
SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
11. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (a) A (b) B
(LAST) sentence after rearrangement? (c) C (d) D (e) F
(a) A (b) B
(c) F (d) D (e) E 17. Which of the following should be the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement ?
12. Which of the following should be the THIRD (a) A (b) B
sentence after rearrangement? (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) F 18. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement ?
13. Which of the following should be the (a) A (b) B
SECOND sentence after rearrangement? (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) F (b) D
(c) C (d) E (e) A
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19. Which of the following should be the LAST 25. Which is the FIRST sentence of the passage
(SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement ? after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (a) A (b) D
(c) D (d) E (e) F (c) C (d) B (e) E
20. Which of the following should be the Questions : 26 to 30
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ? A. For almost two months now the struggle
(a) B (b) C to cap the oil well and protect large
(c) D (d) E (e) F sections of the country's coastline from
being devestated has been the top story in
Questions : 21 to 25 the news and the major concern of the US
A. Development of drought resistance administration.
could benefit large numbers of famers. B. At present, though, one finds little
B. Hence the human race has no choice but expression of this in the discussions
to adapt to these impacts. around the oil spill.
C. India was to be concerned about climatic C. In these months it has been realize that
chages. this is an environmental crises of gigantic
D. This impact can run into decades and proportions, and is purely man-made.
centuuries. D. Oil and water do not mix, as the
E. Environment day is thus an important Americans are being forced to accept with
occasion to assess the past and our future. the tragic oil spill form a British
F. Since there is a possibility of adverse Petroleum oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
impact on agriculture which could deter E. Whether in the long-term this will compel
growth. Americans to think again about their
dependance on fossil fuels and seriously
21. Which is the FIFTH sentence of the passage embark on the path of scaling it down and
after the rearrangement? encouraging alternatives remains to be
(a) F (b)D seen.
(c) E (d) A (e) C
26. Which of the following should be the FIRST
22. Which is the THIRD sentence of the passage sentence after rearrangement?
after the rearrangement? (a) A (b) B
(a) A (b) D (c) C (d) D (e) E
(c) B (d) C (e) E
27. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
23. Which is the SECOND sentence of the sentence after rearrangement?
passage after the rearrangement? (a) E (b) D
(a) B (b) D (c) C (d) B (e) A
(c) F (d) C (e) E
28. Which of the following should be the
24. Which is the LAST (SIXTH) sentence of the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
passage after the rearrangement? (a) E (b) D
(a) C (b) B (c) C (d) B (e) A
(c) F (d) D (e) E
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COMPREHENSION
29. Which of the following should be the THIRD 34. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement? sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E (c) C (d) D (e) E
30. Which of the following should be the 35. Which of the following should be the THIRD
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement? sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E (c) C (d) D (e)E
Questions : 31 to 35 Questions : 36 to 40
A. Thus, if we really value it, we will work A. A small wooden nest box is all has taken to
hard to make it a reality. rekindle all the romance of barging
B. Inner peace is the most elusive thing that a sparrows and other birds back into our
human being can seek. cities and halt them from fading into the
C. The most important criterion in order to past like a forgotten folktale.
experience it is to value the importance of B. There is something wrong with a city that
inner peace. remains unperturbed even as its birds
D. To experience inner peace one doesn't desert it.
have to retreat to a Himalayan cave; C. Thankfully, the situation is not as
rather, one can experience inner peace hopeless as it seems.
seated exactly where they are by watching D. Much as we try to defend the seemingly
these thoughts. irreversible modern life of these cities, we
E. Nobody can gift the other inner peace at can't stop our hearts from crying when we
the same time it is only one's own realize that our rapidly degenerating
thoughts that can rob them of their inner urban eco-system isn't generous enough
peace. to let these delicate winged cratures build
tine little nests in its nooks and crannies,
31. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sit in solitude, and reaar offspring.
sentence after rearrangement? E. And its desertion seems to be true with
(a) A (b) B most metros in India where house
(c) C (d) D (e) E sparrow have almost become a thing of
the past.
32. Which of the following should be the
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement? 36. Which of the following should be the FIRST
(a) E (b) D sentence after rearrangement?
(c) C (d) B (e) A (a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E
33. Which of the following should be the
SECOND sentence after rearrangement? 37. Which of the following should be the
(a) E (b) D SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(c) C (d) B (e) A (a) E (b) D
(c) C (d) B (e) A
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38. Which of the following should be the THIRD 42. Which of the following would be the SIXTH
sentence after rearrangement? (LAST) sentence?
(a) A (b) B (a) V (b) C
(c) C (d) D (e) E (c) D (d) E (e) A
39. Which of the following should be the 43. Which of the following would be the
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement? SECOND sentence?
(a) E (b) D (a) A (b) C
(c) C (d) B (e) A (c) D (d) E (e) F
40. Which of the following should be the FIFTH 44. Which of the following would be the
sentence after rearrangement? FOURTH sentence?
(a) A (b) B (a) B (b) C
(c) C (d) D (e) E (c) D (d) A (e) E
Questions : 41 to 45 45. Which of the following would be the FIRST
A. The reserve Bank of India (RBI), which sentence?
had last intervened in the foreign (a) B (b) C
exchange market in June 2009, was seen (c) D (d) E (e) F
buying dollars to stem the rupee's
runaway appreciation. Questions : 46 to 50
B. The bank had for so long resisted a rate A. Building of these structures requires a lot
increase, but finally toed the line of other of fuel to be burnt which emits a large
banks as its cost of funds has gone up. amount of carbon dioxide in the
C. The local currency recently rose to a 25 atmosphere.
month high against the dollar on B. The major source of carbon dioxide is
sustained capital inflows. power plants.
D. Some interesting things have happened in C. Another twenty percent of carbon dioxide
the Indian financial system in the past few emitted in the atmosphere come from
weeks. burning of gasoline in the engines of
E. The RBI also announced a Rs. 12,000 vehicles.
crore buy-back of government bonds D. Building, both commercialand residential
from the market to infuse money into a represent a larger source of global
liquidity starved banking system. warming pollution than the said cars and
F. Finally, the State Bank of India, the trucks.
nation's largest lender, has raised its E. The major cause of global warming is the
minimum lending rate, or base rate, by 10 emission of green house gases like carbon
basis points. (One basis point is one dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide etc. into
hundredth of a percentage point) the atmosphere.
F. These power plants emit large amounts of
41. Which of the following would be the THIRD carbon dioxide produced from burning of
sentence? fossil fuels for the purpose of electricity
(a) B (b) A generation.
(c) D (d) E (e) F
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COMPREHENSION
46. Which of the following should be the
SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E (b) D
(c) C (d) B (e) A
47. Which of the following should be the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) F
48. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E
49. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D (e) E
50. Which of the following should be the
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E (b) D
(c) C (d) B (e) A
Answer Key
1 c 11 a 21 d 31 a 41 b
2 d 12 e 22 b 32 b 42 a
3 b 13 c 23 c 33 a 43 b
4 a 14 e 24 e 34 b 44 e
5 e 15 b 25 c 35 c 45 c
6 c 16 b 26 d 36 b 46 d
7 b 17 d 27 a 37 a 47 e
8 e 18 e 28 e 38 d 48 e
9 a 19 a 29 c 39 c 49 a
10 d 20 e 30 b 40 a 50 c
